For Thorns and Thistles?

Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are... and to the dust we shall return”

What do thorns and thistles mean in the Bible?

In the first reference to armed plants in the Bible, Genesis 3:18, "It [the cursed ground] will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field." The word translated thorn is qots. ... These "thorns" are probably thistles as a woody plant would not grow as fast as an annual plant.

How do thorns and thistles grow?

Thistles and other “undesirable” weeds are called “pioneer plants” because they are the first plant species to move into a disturbed area. They grow quickly, locking the soil in place with their roots and sheltering it with their leaves, thus preventing further erosion.